Can't Faux Worth a DARN!

Here's the blue fireplace in our apartment. I cut a piece of tile from the bathroom project to fit the hole in the lower left corner. I'll draw grout lines on it and I'll spray it with a nice shiny clearcoat. But so far, it doesn't look so good. I dabbed on the basecoat and tried to mottle it so it looks like one of the tiles, but it's harder than it looks! Each tile has varigated shades of a blue to aqua to almost black on them.



Here is what I have so far. It's just the first coat. I can tell already that I will never be hired for my artistry and there are probably about four more coats in my future!












See what I mean?


In other news, I did ok at Kroger today. 53%. I bought OJ, light bulbs and a couple of plug adapters for the apartment and some frozen Ore Ida hash browns without coupons. Yes, all those items were thrown in the cart by my husband. I was not prepared for that. But the good news is I didn't have to load the car, carry it to the house or put it away by myself so it was worth it. The 53% even included free items on my cellfire card ---a free 39oz container of Maxwell House Coffee (woohoo) and a free 20 oz. Coke. The free items were from the basketball game they have going on their website.